For over 25 years, we have had an industry-leading silicone coating operation in Canada. Now we are excited to bring a new state-of-the-art coating machine to our Illinois facility. The new silicone coater at Channeled Resources is 65 inches wide machine and can print in-line.  It includes flotation ovens, re-moisturizer and anti-static, and inline slitting capabilities. At Channeled Resources, we…

Channeled Resources Group Certified by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council Chicago, IL—July 27, 2018 — Channeled Resources Group, a business specializing in coated, treated, and laminated papers and films, is proud to announce national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise by the Women’s Business Development Center, a regional partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). Cynthia White,…

LaManna Alliance posted a wonderful article about how Channeled Resources Group overcame the challenges of growing a family-owned business. Read below or click here to see the original post “Family-owned businesses, when they work, draw tremendous strength from their emotional firepower.  Learn more about seven challenges of a family business, and how one family has persevered through them. Running a family…

It is probably more difficult to affect culture change than develop a meaningful relationship. Let me try to explain. I was thinking about health and safety (and health insurance) and wondered if “relationships,” internal and external, are meaningful in a positive health and safety culture. I concluded yes, they are. Consider your own environment. It doesn’t make any difference if…

Thursday at Labelexpo in Rosemont, Illinois was a bit slower than Tuesday and Wednesday. It gave me a chance to walk the show and look for change, change that would affect our industry and make an impact. (Of course, I’m assuming – never assume! – that you erudite readers of this publication were either at the show or know someone…

I was reading Dr. Seuss before I went to visit my friend Jack in the hospital. He had a terrible strain of pneumonia and nearly died. The staff at the hospital induced a coma for about two weeks. He lived with a respirator and a feeding tube during that time. In total he was in ICU for four weeks and…

Chicago, IL (November 21, 2012)- MaraTech International, part of The Channeled Resources Group, will be formally recognized as a Green Master company during the WI Sustainable Business Council Conference on December 7th, 2012 at the American Family Insurance Headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin. This is the second consecutive year MaraTech has earned the honor… Read the Full Press Release

Channeled Resources has built its business on “making the world a cleaner, greener place”. That’s our motto and that’s our mission. We provide alternatives to landfilling and the incineration of by-products generated by manufacturers of coated, treated, and laminated papers and films. The business started in the mid 70’s and evolved from traditional recycling to non- traditional recycling. Our supply…

I’d like to spend 24 hours with Susan Brantley and Anna Meyendorff. Susan is a “distinguished” professor of Geosciences and Director of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute at Pennsylvania University. She is also a member of the US National Academy of Sciences. Anne is a faculty associate at the International Policy Center of the Ford School of Public Policy…